While drowning in tech here at Mobile World Congress 2013, we got our grubby little hands on the recently announced Acer Iconia B1. In case you were wondering, the B1 stands for you have to BeOne cheapass buyer to pick up something this low priced.

Priced at a rock bottom low $120 for 8GB of storage ($140 for 16GB), the Acer Iconia B1 answers the question of how low an Android device can go while still remaining usable for the most part. In our brief time with the tablet, the software felt relatively snappy for the most part, lacking only in the “butter” department when scrolling around the UI. Check out our quick hands-on video to get a better look at the outside of the device

The B1 doesn’t pack the kinda spec sheet you’d want to write home about, with barely 512MB of RAM and a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 7-inch 1,024×600 display, and a .3MP front facing camera. Still no word on US availability but unless you’re really trying to save your pennies, we can’t imagine why anyone would opt for this over an already affordable ASUS Nexus 7.

How long the battery lasts on the Galaxy Note 8 is only one component of battery life. Sometimes how quickly a phone can charge is almost as important so we decided to put that to the test. Here’s exactly how fast you can expect to fully charge the Galaxy Note 8.

Google first launched their Google Finance website in 2006 but the service hasn’t seen an update since 2008 and the Google Finance Blog was closed in 2012. While modern portfolio trackers and stock trading services like Robinhood have risen to the top, Google has largely sat on the sideline, letting competitors have their way with …